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John Waddington Limited

Nationality:  British

Brief Bio:  1905-2000, printer; publisher; playing card manufacturer, Leeds; London, England

Notes:  located in Leeds, West Yorkshire and London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom;
18??: founded as Waddingtons Ltd by John Waddington of Leeds and Wilson Barrett; originally a printing business;
1905: John Waddington Ltd
1922 - began producing card games;
1924 - Waddington's began their 'Beautiful Britain' series of playing cards depicting scenes of seaside, rural and historic resorts; subsidised firstly by the Great Western Railway company and later by the London and North Eastern Railway company, continuing until 1956.
1971 - took over the printers Alf Cooke
1995 - acquired by Hasbro
2000: acquired by John Mansfield Group plc to form communisis
the company had traded under many names including: Waddington's House of Games, John Waddington Limited, Waddington Games, and finally just Waddingtons. Waddington PLC;
diversified with several factories specialising in particular areas of printing - packaging, stationery, advertising, plastics, security printing, postage stamps and, playing cards.


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poster
Spradbery, Walter E.; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1930
Antwerp via Harwich
poster
Taylor, Fred; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway

Belgium via Harwich
poster
John Waddington Limited

Belgium via Harwich
poster
John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1933
Belgium via Harwich
poster
John Waddington Limited

Belgium via Harwich
poster
London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1933
Bridlington
poster
Barribal, William

Bridlington
poster
Barribal, William H. (artist); John Waddington Ltd (printer); London & North Eastern Railway (publisher)
1925
Bridlington
poster
Petrie, Graham; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1924
Bridlington
poster
Barribal, William H; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1925
Bridlington
poster
Petrie, Graham; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1924
Bridlington - Yorkshire
poster
Eckersley, Tom; John Waddington Limited; British Rail (North Eastern Region)
1955
Byland Abbey, Yorks
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1934
Cruden Bay
poster
Warren, F. H.; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1935
Dine Well by LNER
poster
London & North Eastern Railway; Purvis, Tom; John Waddington Ltd

Dresden via Harwich
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway
1932
Durham Castle
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1925
East Coast Resorts
poster
Purvis, Tom; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1926
Edinburgh
poster
Mason, Frank Henry; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1928
Edinburgh
poster
Mason, Frank Henry; London and North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1928
Edinburgh by East Coast Route
poster
Anrooy, Anton van; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1930
Edinburgh by LNER
poster
Taylor, Fred
1930
Edinburgh by LNER
poster
Taylor, Fred
1930
Edinburgh by LNER
poster
Taylor, Fred
1927
Edinburgh: North British Hotel, Waverley Station
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1935
Ely
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1932
Fleetwood
poster
Wilkinson, Norman; John Waddington Limited

Fountains Abbey - Ripon Station LNER
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1933
Go Great Western playing cards - Oddicombe and Land's End
playing cards
John Waddington Limited

GWR "The Ocean Coast"
poster
MacPherson, John (artist); John Waddington Ltd (printer)

Harrogate
poster
Higgins, Reginald Edward; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited

Holidays in Belgium. Travel via Hull-Zeebrugge
poster
John Waddington Ltd

It's Quicker by Rail - Bridlington
poster
Shoesmith, Kenneth D; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1939
It's Quicker by Rail - Bridlington
poster
Shoesmith, Kenneth D.; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1939
It's Quicker by Rail - Byland Abbey, Yorks
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1934
It's Quicker by Rail - Edinburgh
Poster
John Waddington Ltd

It's Quicker by Rail - Edinburgh
poster
John Waddington Ltd

It's Quicker by Rail - Edinburgh
poster
John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway; London Midland & Scottish Railway

It's Quicker by Rail - Fountains Abbey
poster
Taylor, Fred
1927
It's Quicker by Rail - Jervaulx Abbey
poster
Taylor, Fred
1935
It's Quicker by Rail - Jervaulx Abbey
poster
Taylor, Fred
1933
It's Quicker by Rail - Lincoln by LNER
poster
Taylor, Fred
1924
It's Quicker by Rail - Lincoln by LNER
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1924
It's Quicker by Rail - St Andrews
poster
Taylor, Fred; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1941
Lincoln
poster
Taylor, Fred
1930
Lincoln
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1924
LNER 'Beautiful Britain' playing cards
playing cards
John Waddington Limited

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Bamburgh Castle
playing cards
John Waddington Limited
1930-1940
London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Clacton
playing cards
John Waddington Limited
1925-1940
London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Forth Bridge
playing cards
John Waddington Limited

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Houses of Parliament, London
playing cards
London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1923-1947
London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Richmond, Yorkshire
playing cards
John Waddington Limited
1925-1930
London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Royal Deeside
playing cards
John Waddington Limited

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Stonegate, York
playing cards
John Waddington Limited

London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Trossachs
playing cards
John Waddington Limited
1927-1940
London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - Whitby
playing cards
John Waddington Limited
1925-1940
London & North Eastern Railway playing cards - York Minster
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John Waddington Limited

Marlborough for Downs & Forest
poster
Leadley, W. E.; Great Western Railway; John Waddington Limited
1927
Northumberland
poster
North Eastern Railway; Grainger Johnson; John Waddington Limited

Northumberland - The Roman Wall
poster
Merriott, Jack; John Waddington Limited; British Rail (North Eastern Region)
1955
Northumberland- The Roman Wall
poster
Merriott, Jack; John Waddington Limited
1960
redcar
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Cooper, Austin; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1930
redcar
poster
Cooper, Austin; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1930
Rievaulx Abbey Helmsley Yorks LNER
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1933
Ripon
poster
Spradbery, Walter E.; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington
c. 1925
Scarborough
Poster
John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway; Barribal, William H.

Scarborough
poster
Barribal, William H; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1925
Scarborough
poster
Barribal, William
1928
Scarborough
poster
Barribal, William; London & North Eastern Railway
1928
Scarborough, the Spa
poster
Taylor, Fred; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1939
Scarborough, the Spa
poster
Taylor, Fred; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1939
Set of playing cards with biplane design on reverse
playing card set
John Waddington Limited
1910-1950
Set of playing cards, with biplane design on reverse
playing card set
Waddingtons
after 1909
St Andrews
poster
Mason, Frank Henry; British Railways, Scottish Region; John Waddington Limited
c. 1950
St Andrews - the Home of the Royal and Ancient Game
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1941
St Andrews - the Home of the Royal and Ancient Game
poster
Taylor, Fred; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1941
The Silver Forth
poster
Wilkinson, Norman
1935
The Yorkshire Coast
poster
Knight, Laura; John Waddington Limited
1935
The Yorkshire Coast
poster
Knight, Laura; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1930-1940
the yorkshire coast
poster
johnson, andrew; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1928
the yorkshire coast
poster
John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway; Johnson, Andrew
1932
Western Highlands - Rob Roy
poster
Zinkeisen, Doris
1934
Western Highlands - Rob Roy
poster
Zinkeisen, Doris
1934
York Minster
poster
Taylor, Fred; London & North Eastern Railway; John Waddington Limited
1924
York Minster
poster
Taylor, Fred; John Waddington Limited; London & North Eastern Railway
1924
Yorkshire - Kirkham Abbey, See England by Rail
poster
John Waddington Limited; Marston, Freda; British Rail (North Eastern Region)
1948-1950
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